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DND Thought Center
DND Thought Center is an independent information hub based in Islamabad, Pakistan, that operates under the umbrella of DND News Agency. It aims to provide researchers, scholars, journalists, policymakers, and the broader community with comprehensive and in-depth perspectives on regional developments, security, and public diplomacy in South Asia, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe, which are strategically important to Pakistan and its foreign policy.
DND Thought Center carries out its work with researchers and analysts who are master’s and Ph.D. students, Ph.D. candidates, holders of doctoral degrees, administrative personnel, and seasoned diplomats. The majority of the authors have years or even decades of experience in the subjects they write about.
The audience is composed of researchers, government officials, academics, and private-sector decision-makers. It offers clear insights into the events shaping regional security, with a particular focus on issues related to Pakistan, and publishes studies and articles from the broader strategic community. It is a nonpartisan platform that seeks to shape the direction for decision-makers through the clear and insightful articles it publishes.

Diplomatic and Kinetic successes of Marqa-e-Haq leave several messages for Achilles of the era
By Agha Iqrar HaroonIslamabad understands that the Indo-Pak war is not yet over, and only the kinetic domain has ceased for the time being....
By Prof. Dr. Taimoor ul HassanIn early 2025, South Asia witnessed a harrowing escalation that once again brought two nuclear states eyeball to eyeball....
Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos: Pakistan’s huge success and takeaways for history
By Agha Iqrar HaroonThere are many takeaways for history out of Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos, the biggest being that the events of 11 hours were...
World Press Freedom Day: The Ongoing Struggle of Pakistan’s Press
By Dr. Taimoor ul HassanEach year on May 3, the world observes World Press Freedom Day, a day proclaimed by the United Nations in...
Post-Pahalgam Media Hype: A War between Verificatory and Verifiable Content
By Shazia Anwer CheemaAddressing a press briefing at the Foreign Office alongside Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt...
Baloch Sardars, Manhrang Baloch, and the System
By Agha Iqrar HaroonWhatever is going on in Balochistan is portrayed as “a struggle” by those who are doing it and “a foreign conspiracy”...
Intellectual Expulsion from USA
Dr. Akhtar Hussain SandhuThe US history is replete with examples of welcoming trends, absorbing divergent mindsets exhibiting capaciousness, and tolerating dissidents because a variety...
Financing Micro-Nuclear reactors in Pakistan
By Qurat-ul-Ain Shabbir and Hira BashirAt a time when clean and flexible energy solutions are gaining momentum, nuclear microreactors have emerged as a promising...
The death of Socrates and the question of COAS Gen Asim Munir
By Agha Iqrar HaroonIslamabad, Pakistan: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir while addressing the Parliamentary Committee on National Security on Tuesday...
Fifth-Generation Warfare, BLA and regional security
By Khalid KhanThere is a theory that the Fifth-generation warfare is not fought with conventional weapons like tanks, fighter jets, or missiles. Instead, it...
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